Why can’t I do style=“padding: 20px” and a border in the same div?
11th November 2013
My answer to Why can’t I do style=“padding: 20px” and a border in the same div? on Quora
You can’t have two style attributes on the same element—but you can have two styles rules inside the same attribute. Try this instead:
<div id="secondcontent" style="padding:20px; border:solid">
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